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Make Time to Make Art! Winter Classes for Adults Enrolling Now.

Posted by Armory Studio on 4 December 2017

Loading... Mark works full time, but always makes time to make art at the Armory, because it's important to him.

Make 2018 the year you make time to make art. You deserve it. Small classes taught by our professional teaching artists enrolling now in textile arts, animation, silkscreening, basket weaving, printmaking, darkroom photography, life drawing, collage, book arts, letterpress, ceramics, painting, Photoshop, graphic design, and much, much more. Tell a friend and sign up together. Winter Studio starts January 16.

This workshop provides a basic background for anyone who wants to design their own textiles. Learn how to take any design, even your own original drawing or digital design, and turn it into a repeating pattern on fabrics, clothing, wall coverings, etc. You’ll print your own unique printed fabrics. Learn about pattern repeats, interactions of color and design, basic fabric design principles, and methods to screen print on cloth with textile pigments. Fabric stencils and stamps will be available but if you want to create a stencil with your own original design, bring your art to the first session, and the teacher will create a fabric stencil from that design for you to use in the second session.

Explore indigo vat dyeing and Shibori resist techniques to create beautifully patterned textiles. Learn how to make your own vat of organic indigo dye. Experiment with Shibori, an intricate version of “tie dye” resist. Rather than treating cloth as a 2D surface, with Shibori it is given a 3D form by folding, crumpling, stitching, plaiting, or plucking, and twisting. Everyone will get to make an organic indigo starter to take away and make your own vat at home. We’ll have some fabric available, but recommend bringing 100% cotton, hemp, or linen fabric, undyed or a small clothing item to put in the vat. You’ll come away with a dyed, upcycled garment or fabric to make into a scarf or pillow.

Create your own animated film. You'll learn stop motion techniques like Claymation, cut paper, collage, drawing, and pixilation. Experiment by using historic methods to animate images such as zoetropes and flip books. Learn the process from storyboards to drawings to final animation with sound.

Learn about quick and easy ways transfer pictures using silkscreening, a process made famous by artists like Andy Warhol. Bring in your own t-shirts, sweatshirts, fabric, wood, paper, or any other flat materials, and be ready to transform them into works of art! We’ll be using several DIY techniques to create amazing prints. We’ll discuss the art and the biz of printing as well.

Break the boundaries of basket weaving with flexible and creative applications to create unique, contemporary designs. Using natural materials, dyeing, soaking, and shaping, create wild adaptations of traditional baskets and methods. We will study historical basketry and fiber arts, as well as various epochs of design for inspiration.

Learn exciting printmaking techniques using non-toxic methods. Multi-colored original prints will be created using methods like relief blocks, image transfers, monotypes, drypoints, and silk aquatints. Most techniques can be printed without a press and replicated at home.

Further expand your darkroom skills in our film-based black and white lab. Instruction will emphasize creative photography skills such as manual film camera controls, exposure methods, and intermediate to advanced printing techniques. In-class use of 35mm film cameras and supplies is included in materials fee. Film development isn't instructed, although film lab is available for advanced students. Print lab is equipped to handle 35mm to medium format and one 4x5 station.

Learn anatomical proportion, line weight, shading techniques, and composition as well as placement of bones, movement of muscular mass, and shading of skin. Experiment with different media and techniques. Study figure drawings by artists like Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and John Currin.

Learn the art of handmade books with projects ranging from traditional to experimental: Japanese stab binding, accordion book, collaged tunnel books, manipulated found books, and book sculptures. Dig into the history of artist’s books to find inspiration. Bring your own quotes, short poems, or images and craft books and delve into the joy that is book arts.

Learn how to handset type and print on different letterpresses. Combine text and images to design and create personal letterhead, postcards, cards, announcements, posters, and more. Due to lab limitations, we cannot handle large volume invitation productions or plate making.